The 8 Second Ride

And We Ride Again

Jason's POV-

When Max came up to me and kissed me I knew there was something about her that was special.

"Jason can you give me a leg up please?" Clara asked.

"Can you ride tackles?"

"Yes I can ride very well without tack, Max is trained to." she says matter a factly.

I put my hands on her waist and lift her up enough so she can swing her leg over Max's back.

"You good?"

"Yeah, thanks." she says smiling.

Her light brown hair is flowing down her back and her emerald green eyes are sparkling in the fading sunlight. I walk away before she says goodbye. I still had to get dressed for my ride. I turn around before walking into the trailer and see her loping away and she looks amazing and I can tell my little sister is going to have some competition tonight.

Just as I pull my shirt over my head Jo comes running around the trailer.

"Jason why didn't you wish Clara good luck?" my little sister asked with a stern voice.

"Because I am running late and she needed to go get ready for her run and you should go get ready too." I point at her.

"Don't forget to put a shirt on. We don't want another incident like we had at the last rodeo." She runs away before I can grab her.

This rodeo is big for me because it could determine if I go pro or not. If I go pro then I can bull ride in other countries and bring my little sister with me.

Jack walks in and start to chuckle.

"What do you want?" I say while pulling my shirt on.

"Nothing it's just that when Clara was over here talking to you, you acted completely different, in a good way though." he chuckles quietly.

"No I didn't, I was just trying to make a good first impression." I say while putting my chaps on.

"Yeah sure, I will see you at the chutes in like 45 minutes." he says walking away.

After Jack left I went through my pre-ride routine of stretching and thinking about my positioning on the bull I drew earlier. My thought kept going back to Clara and her run she had soon. I walked out of the trailer only to find Jo gone and three or four buckle bunnies standing out there staring at me.

"Hey Jason whatcha doing after you ride because I wanted to get a drink." she says trying to sound sexy.

"I can't I have a date with one of the barrel racers tonight." I say while walking away and trying to find Clara.

I spot Clara at her blue trailer and quickly jog over to her.

"Clara!" I yell making her and Max jump.

"Hey Jason what do you need?" she asks while she tightens the cinch on the saddle.

"Some buckle bunnies are following me around and I told them that I had a date with a barrel racer tonight and I want to know if you would come with me to the after party tonight just to keep them off of my back." I say quickly.

"Yes if you buy me as many drinks as I want tonight and I will go with you." she says still looking away.

"Fine as long as I get those girls to leave me alone."

There is an awkward silence and I don't know if I should go of stay.

"Jason can you go grab the blue studded breast collar from the trailer please." she asks.

"Yeah"

I go grab the breast collar and bring it back giving it to her.

"I have to go change will you finish tacking Max up please?'

"Yes"

"All of his tack is blue of has an "M" on it, okay." she says and I nod.

She walks away and into the trailer where is changing room is. I hear some muffled words and then a thud. I walk over to the door and knock but she doesn't answer. I choose to walk in because I have to make sure she is okay. I step around the corner and I see her struggling to get the zipper down on her dress.

"Clara do you need help?" I ask.

She jumps and turn toward me and sheepishly nods to me. When I begin to walk toward her she turns around so her back is to me. I pull her away from her shoulder and my fingers graze her skin. She shivers and tries not to move again.

I slowly pull down the zipper on the dress and my fingers grazing her back. The zipper stops just above her panties. She turn around and bums into my chest and my arms move around her waist to keep her from falling backwards and we stare at each other.

"I-I need to get dressed." she stutters.

"Yeah I better go finish tacking up Max and get to the chutes for my ride." I pull away.

"I will meet back here for drinks after the rodeo." she says turning away.

"Yeah see you soon, hope you do good on your ride."

"Yeah you too." she says quietly.

I walk out of the trailer and puts my hands in my hair and pull on it, taking deep breaths. What is with this girl? Why do I feel this way now? I feel like I am going crazy right now and I can't stop thinking about her. Her skin was so soft and smooth, her skin was tanned just right. I shook my head and went to finish tacking Max up.

Five minutes later Clara walks out in tight jeans and a blue plaid, button up shirt that fit her curves just right.

"Hey thanks for saddling him up." she says while putting her hat on.

"Yeah I better go and draw the bull I will be riding, good luck." I say as I turn away.

Things just got really complicated and I don't know what happened in the trailer or how she feels. I hope things will change because I have a feeling that I will be seeing a lot more of her.